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Hi there, A couple of quick questions - any comments/advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm currently digging my foundations to save as much money as possible before getting builders in to do the brickwork etc. and have a couple of questions... The details below are what I have found...

Hi guys, Any advice or comments on the following would be greatly appreciated, I have knocked down a single story small extension, it will be replaced with 2 story extension. The existing foundations cannot be reused, they are not deep enough. :( Please refer to photo for the next...

Hi, Any advice/help would be appreciated I'm digging my own foundations, had the building inspector initial visit to say everything looks ok. There is a large bush (almost tree like) close to one of the foundation trench corners the inspector pointed out we should put 'mesh' in this corner...

Hi, I'm digging my own foundations for two story extension, I have quick 'blonde moment' question hoping someone might be able to clarify. Looking at our plans, foundations have to be 600mm wide, 850mm deep. ..and ''should be a minimum of 1000mm below ground level.'' (refer to yellow text in...

Hi there, Any help would be greatly appreciated. About a meter across from our gas meter we have an old gas inspection chamber outside, with a pipe sticking out of above the ground - presumably to vent off any gas. Its now right in the way of our new house extension - I was hoping to get rid...

Hi, Currently in process of building home office in our garden, not far from garage which already has power (approx 10 meters). Garage in turn is approx 25 meters or so from our house consumer unit. We are looking for quotes to run a underground cable from garage to office - and if its...

Hi, We have an old house, 1860 era, a lot of the guttering /pipes are cast iron. The upstairs sink waste is cast iron and runs on side of house from upstairs to outside drain. 2-3 meters in length... The middle section has a crack end to end lengthways - split all the way through. I have...

Hi , We purchase a house build in 1860, its need a lot of work on it. It's in a livable state but there are various damp patches around, rotten windows etc. ..In a room downstairs, we had a damp patch on the plaster, where the paint was peeling off of the plaster. In this particular room it...